Table of Contents
Ain’t Nobody Gonna Miss Me 2 Molly And Tenbrooks 50 Are You Waiting Just For Me 3 Mountain Dew 51 Big Spike Hammer 4 My Home’s Across The Blueridge Mountains 52 Blue Night 5 My Rose Of Old Kentucky 53 Blue Railroad Train 6 My Walkin’ Shoes Don’t Fit Me 54 Blue Ridge Cabin Home 7 New River Train 55 Bootleg John 8 Nine-Pound Hammer 56 Breakin’ New Ground 9 Ninety-Nine Years 57 Bury Me Beneath the Willow 10 Old and In the Way 58 Cry Cry Darlin 11 Old Train 59 Crying Holy 12 Paradise 60 Dark Hollow 13 Pig in a Pen 61 Deep River Blues 14 Railroad Line 62 Endless Highway 15 Rocky Road Blues 63 Footprints in the Snow 16 Rocky Top 64 Frankie and Johnnie 17 Roll In My Sweet Baby’s Arms 65 Going To the Races 18 Salty Dog 66 Hard Hearted 19 Sittin’ On Top Of The World 67 Head Over Heels 20 Some Old Day 68 Hello Mary Lou 21 Sunny Side of the Mountain 69 High On A Mountain Top 22 Steel Rails 70 Hold What You’ve Got 23 Swing Low Sweet Chariot 71 Honey You Don’t Know My Mind 24 That High Lonesome Sound 72 How Mountain Girls Can Love 25 The Man in the Middle 73 I Aint Broke (But I’m Badly Bent) 26 The Road Is Rough 74 I Haven’t Got the Right To Love You 27 There Ain’t Nobody Gonna Miss Me 75 I Just Think I’ll Stay Around 28 Think Of What You’ve Done 76 I Saw the Light 29 Those Memories 77 I Wonder If You Feel The Way I Do 30 Till The End Of The World Goes Round 78 I Wonder Where You Are Tonight 31 Toy Heart 79 If I Lose 32 Trail Of Tears 80 If I Should Wander Back Tonight 33 Two-Dollar Bill 81 I’m Blue, I’m Lonesome 34 Uncle Pen 82 I’m Gonna Sleep With One Eye Open 35 Walk Out In The Rain 83 I’m On My Way Back To The Old Home 36 Walls of Time 84 I’m Working On A Building 37 Wayfaring Stranger 85 In The Pines 38 We Live In Two Different Worlds Dear 86 Keep On The Sunny Side 39 White Dove 87 Knockin’ On Your Door 40 White House Blues 88 Land of the Navajo 41 Why You Been Gone So Long 89 Let Me Be Your Friend 42 Wicked Path of Sin 90 Little Cabin Home On The Hill 43 Wild Bill Jones 91 Little Georgia Rose 44 Will the Circle Be Unbroken 92 Long Gone 45 Will You Be Lovin Another Man 93 Lost Highway 46 Worried Man Blues 94 Love, Come Home 47 You’re Love is Like a Flower 95 Man of Constant Sorrow 48 Midnight Moonlight 49 Nashville Numbering System Conversion Charts 96 Ain’t Nobody Gonna Miss Me Jimmy Martin
1 / 1 / 4 / 4 Once I had a little sweetheart I love dearly 1 / 1 / 5 / 5 We planned the day when she would be my own 1 / 1 / 4 / 4 Another man he stole my darlin from me 1 / 5 / 1 / 1 And there ain’t nobody gonna miss me when I’m gone
Oh there ain’t nobody gonna miss me when I’m gone There ain’t nobody gonna mourn for me too long Oh won’t you write these words upon my tombstone There ain’t nobody gonna miss me when I’m gone
I had a lovin mother dear and daddy They’ve gone to live where the angels love to dwell They found eternal life up there in heaven Where I’ll find my reward none can tell
Now you’ve been faithful kind and true to me old Copper You’re the only one that’s never done me wrong I am weepin while I pat your head ol Copper For there ain’t nobody gonna miss me when I’m gone
2 Are You Waiting Just For Me Red Allen
1 / 1 / 4 / 4 Are you waiting just for me my darling 1 / 1 / 5 / 5 While I’m across the deep blue sea 1 / 1 / 4 / 4 Or have you found someone else my darling 1 / 5 / 1 / 1 Please tell me are you waiting just for me?
While I’m writing you tonight my darling There’s such a burning deep down in my breast I know you promised that you would be faithful Please tell me darling have you stood the test?
You’ve never given me of course I’m doubt you You have always been so true and fine But my spirit keeps on singing low For appearing then a new love you might find
3 Big Spike Hammer Flatt & Scruggs
Verse Can’t you hear the whistle of my big spike hammer 1 / 1 / 6m / 6m Lord it’s busting my side 4 / 4 / 6m / 6m I’ve done all I can do to keep that woman happy 1 / 1 / 6m / 6m Still she’s not satisfied 4 / 4 / 6m / 6m Hey hey Della Mae Why do you treat me this way 5 / 5 / Hey hey Della Mae I’ll get even some day Chorus 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 I’m the best hammer swinger on this big section gang 1 / 5 / 1 / 1 Big Bill Johnson is my name 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 Lord this hammer that I swing for a dollar and a half a day 1 / 5 / 1 / 1 I’ll all for my Della Mae
Now I’ve been lots of places, not much I ain’t done There’s still alot of things I’d like to see Lord this hammer that I swing or the woman that I love Yes, one’s gonna be the death of me
6m (stop) 6m (stop) Big Spike Hammer Big Spike Hammer
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4 Blue Night Bill Monroe
1 / 1 / 1 / 1 Blue night gotcha on my mind 1 / 1 / 4 / 4 Blue night can’t keep from crying 1 / 4 / 1 / 1 You found someone that was new 5 / 5 / 1 / 1 You quit someone that you knew was true Blue night gotcha on my mind
Blue night blue as I can be ‘Cause I don’t know what’s become of me We used to walk now I walk alone With an achin’ heart cause my love is gone Blue night blue as I can be
Blue night I’m all alone I used to call you on the telephone Well I used to call and it made you glad Now I call and it makes you mad Blue night I’m all alone
Blue night all by myself Because she put me on the shelf Well there’s just one thing you should know You’re gonna reap just what you sow Blue night, all by myself
5 Blue Railroad Train Delmore Brothers
1 / 1 / 1 / 1 Blue railroad train, goin’ down the railroad track 4 / 4 / 4 / 1 Makes me feel so doggone blue to listen to that old smokestack Travellers are rollin’ on, leavin’ me here behind Give me back them good old days and let me ramble down the line
Blue railroad train, leavin’ me here alone You treat me good, you treat me bad, you’re makin’ me think of home I hear that lonesome train and love to hear the whistle blow Takin’ the sun and leavin’ the rain and makin’ me wanna go
I got the blues, longin’ for some company It’s many miles from where I am to the only one for me I’m so lonesome here, waitin’ for the manifest I hope that engineer is kind enough to let me be his guest
Blue railroad train, a good old pal of me Takes me everywhere I wanna go, get my transportation free Blue railroad train, Blue Railroad train...
6 Blue Ridge Cabin Home Flatt & Scruggs
1 / 1 / 4 / 4 There’s a well beaten path in the old mountainside 5 / 5 / 1 / 1 Where I wandered when I was a lad And I wandered alone to the place I call home In those Blueridge hills far away
Oh I love those hills of old Virginia From those Blueridge hills I did roam When I die won’t you bury me on the mountain Far away in my Blueridge mountain home
Now my thoughts wander back to that ramshackle shack In those blue ridge hills far away Where my mother and dad were laid there to rest They are sleeping in peace together there
I return to that old cabin home with the sigh I’ve been longing for days gone by When I die won’t you bury me on that old mountain side Make my resting place upon the hills so high
7 Bootleg John
Verse In the land of breatham county there lived a crooked man 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 Made the county dry and prices high for the bootleg whiskey man 1 / 4 / 1 / 5 His age was barely twenty-one, his family was ashamed 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 They had a son who left his home for the bootleg whiskey game 1 / 1 / 1 / 4 1 / 5 / 1 / 1 Bootleg john won’t you come on home, your family’s all alone You’re runnin’ wild and your baby child wants his daddy home
Chorus His wife she loved him dearly though he seldom came around 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 She’d always cry when he said goodbye but she could never hold 1 / 4 / 1 / 5 him down 1 / 1 With a pistol in his pocket and a shotgun on the floor He made his run to lexington to the bootleg whiskey store
His car was full of whiskey, his hand was on his gun He was set to go but he didn’t know he was making his last run The sheriff pulled him over and he shot the lawman down They locked him well in the county jail the jail in jackson town
8 Breakin’ New Ground
Verse Well, you told me when we met your love would last forever more 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 Took me by surprise when you up and walked right out the door 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 I’ve been sufferin’ through this dry spell with no relief in sight 4 / 4 / 4 / 4 While you’re sewin’ oats with another gal and raisin’ cane all night 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 And it’s high time i was leavin’ this old town and start breakin’ new b3 / b3 / 4 / 4 ground 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 Well, the only thing you left when you left me was no choice Was to plant my love in another field with no rocks beneath the soil Chorus And it’s high time i was leavin’ this old town and start breakin’ new 4 / 4 / 4 / 4 ground 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 b3 / b3 / 4 / 4 Well, i’m findin’ out that i can live without you by my side 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 The grass is growin’ greener slowly as the days go by Somewhere i’ll find someone to help me tear down these old walls Yeah, i’ll build my life on solid love and rise above it all And the only way that true love can be found is by breakin’ new ground
9 Bury Me Beneath the Willow Monroe Brothers
1 / 1 / 4 / 4 My heart is sad and I’m in sorrow 1 / 1 / 5 / 5 Weeping for the one I love 1 / 1 / 4 / 4 When shall I see her oh no never 1 / 5 / 1 / 1 ‘Til we meet in heaven above
Bury me beneath the willow Under the weeping willow tree When she hears that I am sleeping Maybe then she’ll weep for me
Tomorrow was to be our wedding God oh God where can she be She’s gone a courting with another And no longer cares for me
She told me that she did not love me I could not believe it was true Until an angel softly whispered She no longer cares for you
Place on my grave a snow white lily To prove my love for her was true To show the world I died of grieving For her love I could not win
10 Cry Cry Darlin Bill Monroe
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1 / 17 / 4 / 4 Cry cry darling 1 / 1 / 5 / 57 That’s what I’ll do If you should leave me with the blues 1 / 17 / 4 / 4 Cry cry darling 1 / 5 / 1 / 1 That’s all I do cause you’re the one that’s in my heart
For me there’ll be no moonlight If ever we should part Cry cry darling,that’s all I do Cause you’re the one that’s in my heart
Cry cry darling My eyes will cry and never dry if you should go Cry cry darling When shadows creep I’ll just weep all night I know
You know how much I’d miss you If ever we should part Cry cry darling That’s all I do cause you’re the one that’s in my heart
11 Crying Holy
1 / 1 / 1 / 1 Crying holy unto the Lord 4 / 4 / 1 / 1 Crying holy unto the Lord 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 If I could I surely would 1 / 5 / 1 / 1 Stand on the rock (stand on the rock) where Moses stood
Sinners run and hide your face Sinners run and hide your face Go run into the rocks and hide your face Cause I ain’t (Lord Lord) no stranger now
Lord I ain’t no stranger now Lord I ain’t no stranger now I’ve been introduced to the father and the son And I ain’t (Lord Lord) no stranger now
12 Dark Hollow Joe Val
1 / 5 / 1 / 1 I’d rather be in some dark hollow 1 / 4 / 1 / 1 Where the sun don’t never shine 1 / b7 / 4 / 4 Than to be here alone just knowin’ that you’re gone 1 / 5 / 1 / 1 It would cause me to lose my mind
So blow your whistle freight train Blow it far on down the track I’m going away, I’m leavin’ today I’m going but I ain’t comin’ back
I’d rather be in some dark hollow Where the sun don’t never shine Than to be here in some big city In a small room with you on my mind
13 Deep River Blues
1 / 17 / 1 / 4 Let it rain, let it pour, let it rain a whole lot more 1 / 1 / 5 / 5 ‘Cause I got them deep river blues 1 / 1dim / 1 / 4 Let the rain drive right on, let the waves sweep along 1 / 5 / 1 / 1 ‘Cause I got them deep river blues
My old gal’s a good old pal and she looks like a water fowl When I get them deep river blues Ain’t no one to cry for me and the fish all go out on a spree When I get them deep river blues
Give me back my old boat, I’m gonna sail it if she floats ‘Cause I got them deep river blues I’m going back to mussel shoals, times are better there I’m told ‘Cause I got them deep river blues
If my boat sinks with me I’ll go down, don’t you see ‘Cause I got them deep river blues Now I’m going to say goodbye and if I sink just let me die ‘Cause I got them deep river blues
14 Endless Highway
Verse Endless highway as far as I can see 1 / 1 / 4 / 1 The road will take me back to her tonight 4 / 1 / 5 / 5 It’s been so long since I’ve seen her smile 1 / 1 / 4 / 1 I’ll be countin’ all the miles till I get home 4 / 5 / 1 / 1 How many hours ‘till I hold her Chorus How many days before we hit that road again Endless highways, she don’t know how much I miss her 5 / 5 / 1 / 1 Headed down this road bound for Tennessee 5 / 5 / 4 / 5 1 / 1 / 4 / 1 Lonesome feelin’ deep within my heart 4 / 5 / 1 / 1 Longing for this weary night to end I’ll think about her, try to keep my tired eyes open Come the mornin’ light I’ll be back home again
15 Footprints in the Snow Bill Monroe
1 / 1 / 1 / 1 Now some folks like the summertime when the they can walk about 4 / 4 / 4 / 1 Strolling through the meadow green it’s pleasant there no doubt 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 But give me the wintertime when the snow is on the ground 1 / 5 / 1 / 1 For I found her when the snow on the ground
I traced her little footprints in the snow I found her little footprints in the snow I bless that happy day when Nellie lost her way For I found her when the snow was on the ground
I dropped in to see her there was a big round moon Her mother said she just stepped out but would be returning soon I found her little footprints and I traced them in the snow I found her when the snow was on the ground
Now she’s up in heaven she’s with the angel band I know I’m going to meet her in that promised land But everytime the snow falls it brings back memories For I found her when the snow was on the ground
16 Frankie and Johnnie
1 / 1 / 1 / 1 Frankie and Johnnie were lovers 4 / 4 / 4 / 1 Lordy how they did love 5 / 5 / 1 / 1 They swore to be true to each other Just as true as the stars above He was her man but he’s doing her wrong
Frankie she was a good woman Just as every one knows She gave her man a hundred dollars Just to buy him a new suit of clothes He was her man but he done her wrong
Johnnie went down to the corner He asked for a glass of beer Frankie went down in an hour or so Said has my loving Johnnie been here He’s my man but he’s doing me wrong
I ain’t gonna tell you no stories I ain’t gonna tell you no lies I saw your lovin’ Johnnie Making love to Nellie Bligh He’s your man but he’s doing you wrong
Frankie went home in a hurry She didn’t go for fun She hurried home to get a hold of A big forty four gun He’s her man but he’s doing her wrong
Roll me over darling Roll me over slow Roll me on my right side Cause my left one hurts me so He’s my man but he done me wrong 17 Going To the Races
1 / 1 / 4 / 4 I’m going to the races 1 / 1 / 5 / 5 To see my pony run 1 / 1 / 4 / 4 And if I win any reenbacks 1 / 5 / 1 / 1 We’re sure gonna have some fun
They say we can’t get married They say I’m not worthy of you they don’t know what they’re talking about they don’t know what we’ve gone through
Now when you see me coming Better raise your window high And when you see me leaving little girl Hang down your head and cry
Now when you go a-courtin’ There’s something you should do That long tail blouse that you wear Don’t do a thing for you
18 Hard Hearted
Verse Hard hearted heart breaker 4 / 4 / 1 / 1 Dream stealer, love maker 4 / 4 / 1 / 1 Hard hearted heart breaker 4 / 4 / 1 / 1 How many hearts have you broken today 2 / 2 / 5 / 5 How many hearts have you broken today How many lives have you caused to go wrong Chorus How many hearts have been broken in two 4 / 4 / 1 / 1 Just because your heart has proved untrue 5 / 5 / 1 / 1 4 / 4 / 1 / 1 How many lies have you told other guys 5 / 5 / 5 / 1 Just like the ones you told to me Honey, someday you’ll learn that the tide’ll have to turn (the 2 is major unless noted otherwise) Just keep on breaking hearts and you will see Starts with Chorus How many hearts have you broken today
19 Head Over Heels
1 / 1 / 1 / 1 I think I’ll go across the ocean 1 / 5 / 1 / 1 If I don’t change my notion 4 / 4 / 1 / 1 I’ve just got to forget you if I can 1 / 5 / 1 / 1 I’m feelin so blue I don’t know what to do Because I’m head over heels in love with you
Every day is sad and lonely For I’m thinkin of you only I just can’t sleep when I lay down
Oh I’d like to be forgiven But this life ain’t worth livin If have to sit and worry over you
Oh the nights are long and dreary All I do is sit and worry I just can’t bear the thought of losin you
20 Hello Mary Lou Ricky Nelson
Verse Well, hello Mary Lou and goodbye heart 1 / 1 / 4 / 4 Sweet Mary Lou I’m so in love with you 1 / 1 / 5 / 5 I knew Mary Lou, we’d never part 1 / 1 / 4 / 4 So hello Mary Lou and goodbye heart 1 / 5 / 1 / 1 Passed me by one sunny day Flashed those big brown eyes my way Chorus And I knew I wanted you forever more 1 / 1 / 4 / 4 I’m not one who gets around 1 / 1 / 5 / 5 Swear my feets stuck to the ground 7 1 / 1 / 3 / 6m Although I never did meet you before 2 / 4 / 1 / 1 Saw your lips, I heard your voice Believe me, I just had no choice Wild horses couldn’t make me stay away Thought about a moonlit night Arms around you good and tight Thats all I had to see for me to say
21 High On A Mountain Top Olabelle Reed
Verse High on a mountain top, wind blowin free 1 / b7 / 1 / 1 Thinkin bout the days that used to be 1 / b7 / 1 / 1 High on a mountain top, standin all alone 1 / b7 / 1 / 4 Wonderin where the years of my life have flown 1 / 5 / 1 / 1 As I look in the valley down below Chorus It was green just as far as I could see As my memory returned, oh how my heart did yearn 1 / b7 / 1 / 4 For you and the days that used to be 1 / 5 / 1 / 1
1 / b7 / 1 / 4 Well I wonder if you ever think of me 1 / 5 / 1 / 1 Or has time blotted out your memory As I listen to the breeze whisper gently to the trees I’ll always cherish what you meant to me
22 Hold What You’ve Got Jimmy Martin
1 / 1 / 4 / 4 Hold what you got, I’m a-comin’ home baby 1 / 1 / 5 / 5 hold what you got and I don’t mean maybe 1 / 1 / 4 / 4 Been thinkin’ ‘bout you and I’m on my way 1 / 5 / 1 / 1 Don’t sell the house, don’t wreck the car stop there honey right where you are If you hold what you got I’m a-comin’ home to stay
Well in my mind I can see that it’s a mighty good sign that I need you That’s why I can’t wait to get back home So squeeze yourself real good and tight and I’ll be home before daylight If you hold what you got I’ll be comin’ home to stay
Well when I get back, honey, I ain’t a-leavin’ been too lonely, done too much grievin’ When I get back honey this time I’m gonna’ stay Well we won’t fuss and we won’t fight this time things are gonna be all right If you hold what you got I’m a-comin’ home to stay
23 Honey You Don’t Know My Mind Jimmy Martin
1 / 1 / 1 / 4 Honey you don’t know my mind I’m lonesome all the time 4 / 5 / 5 / 1 Born to lose a drifter that’s me 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 You can travel for so long then a rambler’s heart goes wrong 4 / 4 / 5 / 5 Baby you don’t know my mind today 1 / 1 Heard the music of a rail slept in every old dirty jail And life’s too short for you to worry me When I find I can’t win I’ll be checking out again Baby you don’t know my mind today
I’ve been a hobo and a tramp my soul has done been stamped Lord things I know I learned the hard hard way I ain’t here to judge or plea but to give my poor heart ease Baby you don’t know my mind today
Honey you don’t know my mind I’m lonesome all the time Born to lose a drifter that’s me You say I’m sweet and kind I can love you a thousand times Baby you don’t know my mind today
24 How Mountain Girls Can Love Stanley Brothers
Verse Get down boys, go back home 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 Back to the girl you love 5 / 5 / 1 / 1 Treat her right, never wrong 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 How mountain girls can love 5 / 5 / 1 / 1 Riding the night in the high cold winds On the trail of the old lonesome pine Chorus Thinking of you, feeling so blue 4 / 4 / 1 / 1 Wondering why you left me behind 5 / 5 / 1 / 1 4 / 4 / 1 / 1 Remember the night me strolled down the lane 5 / 5 / 1 / 1 Our hearts were gay and happy then You whispered to me as I held your close You hoped this night would never end
Starts on Chorus
25 I Aint Broke (But I’m Badly Bent)
1 / 1 / 4 / 1 I’m going back to the country, I can’t pay the rent 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 No I’m not completely broke, but brother I’m badly bent 4 / 4 / 1 / 1 Can’t understand, where my money went 5 / 5 / 1 / 1 I aint broke, but I’m badly bent.
When I get back to the country, I’ll be livin’ in a tent. Maw and Paw will surely be mad ‘bout all the money I spent Can’t understand, just where it went I aint broke, but I’m badly bent.
Well, I had a lot of money, but to the city I went Met to many good lookin’ girls and that’s where my money went Now I know, just where it went I aint broke, but I’m badly bent.
26 I Haven’t Got the Right To Love You
Verse Well I know I haven’t got the right to love you 1 / 1 / 4 / 4 Deep regrets of yesterday still torture me 1 / 1 / 5 / 5 I wish I didn’t have to face this guilty conscience 1 / 1 / 4 / 4 Like I do each time I see you secretly 1 / 5 / 1 / 1 I feel that I am stealing part of heaven Every time I hold you in my arms this way Chorus Cause I know I haven’t got the right to love you 4 / 4 / 1 / 1 While my heart is bound by vows of yesterday 1 / 1 / 5 / 5 1 / 1 / 4 / 4 It will be so hard for us to stay apart dear 1 / 5 / 1 / 1 And condemn this love thats growing day by day Though I know I haven’t got the right to love you Can I ever tell my heart that its too late
I’d give the world if only I could hold you Without feeling guilty of an awful crime Though I know I haven’t got the right to love you In my heart I can held feeling that your maine
27 I Just Think I’ll Stay Around
Verse Well, you just told me that you’re leavin’ 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 On the next train comin’ down 1 / 1 / 5 / 5 I love you dear but I won’t follow 1 / 1 / 4 / 4 I just think I’ll stay around 1 / 5 / 1 / 1 For some day I know you’ll want me Chorus When your true love can’t be found But if you go dear I won’t follow 4 / 4 / 1 / 1 I just think I’ll stay around 1 / 1 / 5 / 5 1 / 1 / 4 / 4 Now you admit I’ve always loved you 1 / 5 / 1 / 1 And I’ve never let you down So if you go dear I won’t follow I just think I’ll stay around
Some day you’ll hear the whistle blowin’ On the special comin’ down And you’ll be lookin’ for me for me baby But I may not be around
28 I Saw the Light Hank Williams Sr.
1 / 1 / 1 / 1 I wandered so aimless my heart filled with sin 4 / 4 / 4 / 1 I wouldn’t let my dear Savior in 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 Then Jesus came like a stranger in the night 1 / 1 / 5 / 1 Praise the Lord I saw the light
I saw the light I saw the light No more darkness no more night Now I’m so happy no sorrow in sight Praise the Lord I saw the light
Just like a blind man I wandered alone Worries and fears I claimed for my own Then like the blind man that God gave back his sight Praise the Lord I saw the light
I was a fool to wander and stray Straight is the gate and narrow the way Now I have traded he wrong for the right Praise the Lord, I saw the light.
29 I Wonder If You Feel The Way I Do
1 / 1 / 4 / 4 Eight weeks ago tonight we parted 5 / 5 / 1 / 1 It’s so hard to realize we’re through 1 / 1 / 4 / 4 When we wed you said you’d always love me 5 / 5 / 1 / 1 Now I wonder if you feel the way I do
I’ll never forget our days together Even though I know it’s very true I loved you then and will forever Now I wonder if you feel the way I do
It’s the strangest and the sweetest love dear That two people ever knew You told me that I need not worry That forever you’d be true
It makes no difference where I wander No matter what I say or do I’ll always think of you my darling And I wonder if you feel the way I do
Through this dreary world alone I wander My thoughts will always be of you But it seems to me there’s no use living And I wonder if you feel the way I do
30 I Wonder Where You Are Tonight Lester Flatt
Verse Tonight I’m sad, my heart is weary 1 / 1 / 4 / 4 Wonderin’ if I’m wrong or right 5 / 5 / 1 / 1 You say you love me then you left me 1 / 1 / 4 / 4 I wonder where you are tonight 5 / 5 / 1 / 1 The rain is cold and slowly fallin’ Chorus Upon my window pane tonight And though your love is even colder 4 / 4 / 1 / 1 I wonder where you are tonight 1 / 1 / 5 / 5 1 / 1 / 4 / 4 Your heart was cold, you never loved me 5 / 5 / 1 / 1 Though you often said you cared But now you’ve gone to find another Someone who knows the love I shared
Then came the dawn the day you left me I tried to smile with all my might But you could see the pain within me That lingers in my heart tonight
31 If I Lose
Verse I never thought I’d leave you, now I find I’m wrong 1 / 1 / 4 / 4 Come on back sweet mama, back where you belong 5 / 5 / 5 / 1 / 1 Well, I’ve gambled all over town and found that I can’t win 1 / 1 / 4 / 4 Come on back and pick me up again 5 / 5 / 1 / 1 Now if I lose let me lose Chorus I don’t care how much I lose If I lose a hundred dollars while tryin’ to win a dime 5 / 5 / 1 / 1 My baby, she’s got money all the time 5 / 5 / 1 / 1 1 / 1 / 4 / 4 Of all the other gals I know none can take your place 5 / 5 / 1 / 1 When I get into a jam just staying in the race So now that you’re back dear let’s make another round With you here by my side, babe my deal just can’t go down
32 If I Should Wander Back Tonight
1 / 1 / 4 / 4 For many years I’ve been a rolling stone, my darling 1 / 1 / 5 / 5 Like a gypsy I have roamed from place to place 1 / 1 / 4 / 4 Fortune never came to me 1 / 5 / 1 / 1 But how happy I would be Just to look again upon your smiling face
Now if I should wander back tonight Would you be waiting Would your eyes be filled with love’s own tender light Would your arms be empty, dear Would you thrill to find me near Would you love me if I’d wander back tonight
When buddy flowers lend their fragrance in the springtime I recall the roses training round your door Fancy then I homeward stay I seem to hear you say That you love me as you did in days of yore
Last night I dreamed that you and I were back together I held your hand so gently in my own Heard you say we’d never part As I pressed you to my heart Then I woke in tears to find myself alone
33 I’m Blue, I’m Lonesome B. Monroe-H. Williams
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Verse The lonesome sound of a train going by 1 / 1 / 4 / 1 Makes me wanna stop and cry 1 / 5 / 1 / 1 I recall the day they took you away 1 / 1 / 4 / 1 I’m blue, I’m lonesome too 1 / 5 / 1 / 1 When I hear that whistle blow Chorus I wanna pack my troubles and go The lonesome sound of a train going by 5 / 5 / 1 / 1 Makes me wanna stop and cry 2 / 2 / 5 / 5 1 / 1 / 4 / 1 In the still of the night, in the pale moonlight 1 / 5 / 1 / 1 The winds, they moan and sigh These awful blues I just can’t lose I’m blue, I’m lonesome too
34 I’m Gonna Sleep With One Eye Open
Verse I’ve just found out today the little game you play 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 I’ve been a-sleepin’ all my life away 1 / 5 / 1 / 1 You’ve been steppin’ so they say ‘tween midnight and day 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 So I’m gonna sleep with one eye open from now on 1 / 5 / 1 / 1 From now on, all night long Chorus You won’t have a chance to treat your daddy wrong You’ve been steppin’ so they say ‘tween midnight and day 4 / 4 / 1 / 1 So I’m gonna sleep with one eye open from now on 1 / 1 / 5 / 5 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 There’s a Honky Tonk down the road just about a mile or so 1 / 5 / 1 / 1 I understand that’s where you spend your time Baby I’ve to news for you. Your little game is through And I’m gonna sleep with one eye open from now on
35 I’m On My Way Back To The Old Home Bill Monroe
1 / 1 / 4 / 4 Back in the days of my childhood 1 / 1 / 5 / 5 In the evening when everything was still 1 / 1 / 4 / 4 I used to sit and listen to the foxhounds 1 / 5 / 1 / 1 With my dad in those old Kentucky hills
I’m on my way back to the old home That road that winds up the hill But there’s no light in the window That shined long ago where I lived
Soon my childhood days were over I had to leave my old home My mom and dad were called to heaven I was left in this world all alone
High in the hills of old Kentucky Stands the fondest place in my old memory I’m on my way back to the old home The light in the window I long to see
36 I’m Working On A Building Bill Monroe
Verse Well, if I was a sinner I’d a tell you what I would do 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 I would quit my sinnin’ and I’d work on a buildin’ too 1 / 1 / 5 / 1 I’m workin’ on a buildin’, I’m workin’ on a buildin’ Chorus I’m workin’ on a buildin’ for my Lord, for my Lord It’s a Holy Ghost buildin’, it’s a holy ghost buildin’ 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 It’s a Holy Ghost buildin’ for my Lord, for my Lord 1 / 1 / 5(2 beats)/ 1 / 1 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 Well, if I was a gambler I tell you what I would do 1 / 1 / 5(2 beats)/ 1 / 1 I would quit my gamblin’ and work on a buildin’ too
Well, if I was a drunkard I tell you what I would do I would quit my drinkin’ and work on a buildin’ too
Well, if I was a preacher I tell you what I would do I would go on preachin’ and I’d work on a buildin’ too
37 In The Pines
(3/4)
1 / 1 / 4 / 1 The longest train I ever saw 1 / 5 / 1 / 1 Went down that Georgia line 1 / 1 / 4 / 1 The engine passed at six o’clock 1 / 5 / 1 / 1 The caboose rolled by at nine
In the pines, in the pines where the sun never shines We shiver when the cold wind blows Ooo...
Well I asked my captain for the time of day Said he throwed his watch away A long steel rail and a short cross tie I’m on my way back home
Little girl, little girl, what have i done That makes you treat me so You caused me to weep you caused me to roam You caused me to leave my home
38 Keep On The Sunny Side
Verse There’s a dark and a troubled side of life 1 / 4 / 1 / 1 There’s a bright and a sunny side too 1 / 1 / 5 / 5 Though you meet with the darkness and strife 5 / 5 / 1 / 1 The sunny side may also find you 5 / 5 / 1 / 1 Keep on the sunny side, always on the sunny side Chorus Keep on the sunny side of life It will help us every day, it will brighten all the way 1 / 1 / 4 / 1 If we keep on the sunny side of life 1 / 1 / 5 / 5 1 / 1 / 4 / 1 Oh the storm and its fury broke today 1 / 5 / 1 / 1 Crushing hopes that we cherish so dear Clouds and storms will in time pass away The sun again will shine bright and clear
Let us greet with a song of hope each day Though the moment be cloudy or fair Let us trust in our savior away Who keepeth every one in his care
39 Knockin’ On Your Door
1 / 1 / 4 / 4 I’m a-knockin’ on your door again, my darling 5 / 5 / 1 / 1 I’m a-knockin’ on your door, please answer me 1 / 1 / 4 / 4 Well I’ve tried to make you realize, my darling 1 / 5 / 1 / 1 That no one else was ever meant for me
Well I remember, dear, you said you’d always love me And you promised me a happiness so true But now you’ve gone away, dear, with another And I wonder if you feel the way I do
I’m a-knockin’ on your door again, my darling I’m a-knockin’ on your door, please answer me I never read the letters that you wrote, my little darling When I’m sailing far across the deep blue sea
I’m a-knockin’ on your door again, my darling To return the letters that you wrote to me I’m a-knockin’ on your door again, my darling This time, honey, I’m sure things gonna be
So goodbye, my dear, I know you’ll soon forget me And I hope that you find happiness so true But whenever you make love, sweetheart, remember That my lovin’ always be the same for you
40 Land of the Navajo Peter Rowan
Verse (x4) Oh the wind blows cold 1 / 1 / 4 / 4 On the trail of the buffalo 5 / 5 / 5 / 1 / 1 Oh the wind blows cold In the land of the Navajo Chorus (x2) In the land of the Navajo 4 / 4 / 1 / 1 A hundred miles from nowhere out on the desert sand 5 / 5 / 6m/ 6m One Eyed Jack the trader hold some turquoise in his hand By his side sat Running Elk his longtime Indian freind End Jam on 6m / 5 He vowed that he would stay by Jack until the bitter end Jack had gambled everything he owned to leave this wondering life He might have had a happy home and a tender loving wife But his hunger was for trading trapper’s furs for turquoise stones Starts on Chorus Anythihg that the Indians had Jack wanted for his own
Said Jack to Running Elk I’ll gamble all my precious stones Before I leave my body here among these bleaching bones Though now my time is drawing near and I’m filled with dark regrets My spirit longs to journey as the sun begins to set We raped and killed we stole your land We rule with guns and knives add whiskey to your waters While we stole away your wives said Running Elk, what’s done is done You white men rule this land so lay the cards face up And play your dice, broken hearted man
When your dealing cards with death the joker’s wild, the ace is high Jack bet the Mississippi River running Elk raised him the sky Jack saw him with the sun and room and upped him with the stars Running Elk bet the Rocky Mountains Jupiter and Mars The sun was sinking in the west when Jack draw the ace of spades Running Elk just rolled his eyes he smiled and passed away Jack picked up his truquoise stones and cast them to the sky He stared into the setting sun and made the mourful cry
41 Let Me Be Your Friend
1 / 1 / 1 / 1 Many times I’ve thought about you 4 / 4 / 1 / 1 Many times I’ve wondered why 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 That you’d ever go and leave me 5 / 5 / 1 / 1 And this heart you taught to cry
Darling wait until I see you Since you say it is the end Though I know that you don’t love me Won’t you let me be your friend
As I lay upon my pillow Thinking of you in my dreams Are you happy with another I’m so lonesome here it seems
Do you ever think about me Will you love again someday Will you ever think my darling Of this heart you stole away
42 Little Cabin Home On The Hill
Verse Tonight I’m alone without you my dear 1 / 1 / 4 / 1 It seems there’s a longing for you still 1 / 1 / 5 / 5 All I have to do is sit alone and cry 1 / 1 / 4 / 1 In our little cabin home on the hill 1 / 5 / 1 / 1 Oh, someone has taken you from me Chorus And left me here all alone Listen to the rain upon the window pane 4 / 4 / 1 / 1 In our little cabin home on the hill 1 / 1 / 5 / 5 1 / 1 / 4 / 1 I hope you are happy tonight as you are 1 / 5 / 1 / 1 But in my heart there’s a-longing for you still I just keep it there so I won’t be alone In our little cabin home on the hill
Now when you have come to the end of the day And find there’s no more happiness for you Just let your thoughts turn back once more if you will To our little cabin home on the hill
43 Little Georgia Rose
Verse Now come and listen to my story 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 A story that I know is true 1 / 1 / 5 / 5 About a rose that bloomed in Georgia 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 With hair of gold and a heart so true 1 / 5 / 1 / 1 Way down in the blue ridge mountains Way down where the tall pines grow Chorus Lives my sweetheart of the mountains 4 / 4 / 1 / 1 She’s my little Georgia rose 1 / 1 / 5 / 5 1 / 1 / 4 / 4 Her mother left her with another 1 / 5 / 1 / 1 A carefree life she had planned The baby now she is a lady The one her mother couldn’t stand
We often sing love songs together I watched her do her little part She smiled at me and I would tell her That she was my sweetheart
44 Long Gone
1 / 1 / 1 / 1 Long gone is how I’m leavin’ 4 / 4 / 1 / 1 Long gone, why do you cry 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 This is what you wanted baby 5 / 5 / 1 / 1 So I’m gone, long gone
I have tried to make you happy Still you say I’ve done you wrong This is it, we’re through forever So I’m gone, long gone
Please don’t try to overtake me What I ride will be too fast This it, we’re through forever I’m gone and free at last
Please don’t shed no tears at parting For your tears will not atone After all the pain you caused me I’m gone, long gone
45 Lost Highway
1 / 1 / 1 / 1 I’m a rolling stone all alone and lost 1 / 1 / 5 / 5 For a life of sin I’ve paid the cost 4 / 4 / 1 / 1 When I pass by all the people say 1 / 5 / 1 / 1 There goes another guy down that lost highway
I was just a lad, nearly twenty-two Neither good nor bad, just a kid like you But now I’m lost, too late to pray Lord, I paid the cost on that lost highway
Just a deck of cards and a jug of wine And a woman’s lies makes a life like mine Oh the day we met, I went astray I started down that lost highway
Now boys don’t start your ramblin’ round On this road of sin or you’re sorrow bound Take my advice or you’ll curse the day You started rollin’ down that lost highway
46 Love, Come Home
1 / 1 / 1 / b7 As you read this letter that I write to you 4 / 4 / 1 / 1 Sweetheart I hope you’ll understand 4 / 4 / 1 / 1 That you’re the only love I knew 1 / 5 / 1 / 1 Please forgive me if you can
Sweetheart, I beg you to come home tonight I’m so blue and all alone I promise that I’ll treat you right Love, oh love, oh please come home
That old wind is cold and slowly creeping around And the fire is burning low The snow has covered up the ground Your baby’s hungry, sick, and cold
47 Man of Constant Sorrow
1 / 1 / 1 / 1 I am a man of constant sorrow 4 / 4 / 5 / 5 I have seen trouble all my days 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 I bid farwell to old Kentucky 1 / 1 / 4 / 4 The place where I was born and raised 5 / 5 / 1 / 1 The place where he was born and raised 5 / 5 / 1 / 1 For six long years I’ve been in trouble No pleasure here on Earth I find For in this world I’m bound to ramble I have no friends to help me out He has no friends to help him out
It’s fare-thee-well my own true lover I never expect to see you again For I’m bound to ride that northern railroad Perhaps I’ll die upon that train Perhaps I’ll die upon that train
You can bury me in some deep valley For many years where i may lay Then you may learn to love another While I’m sleeping in my grave While he’s sleeping in my grave
It’s fare you well my native country And the places I have loved so well For i have seen all kinds of trouble In this cruel world no tongue can tell In this cruel world no tongue can tell
Maybe your friends think I’m a stranger My face you’ll never see no more But there’s one promise that is given I’ll meet you on god’s golden shore I’ll meet you on god’s golden shore 48 Midnight Moonlight Peter Rowan
Intro If you ever feel lonesome and you’re down in San Antone 1... (8 measures) Beg steal or borrow two nickels or a dime to call me on the phone I’ll meet you at Alamo mission — we can say our prayers Verse The Holy Ghost and the virgin mother will heal us as we kneel there 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 5 / 5 / 5 / 5 In the moonlight, in the midnight In the moonlight midnight moonlight 2m / 2m / 5 / 5 In the moonlight, in the midnight 4 / 4 / b7 / b7 In the moonlight midnight moonlight 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 5 / 5 / 5 / 5 If you ever feel sorrow for the deeds you have done 2m / 2m / 5 / 5 With no hope for tomorrow in the setting of the sun 6m / 5 / 4 / 4 And the ocean is howling with the things that might have been And the last good morning sunrise will be the Chorus b7 / 4 / b7 / 4 b7 / 4 / 1 / 1 b7 / 4 / b7 / 4 b7 / 4 / 1 / 1
Jam b3 / b3 / b3 / b3 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 repeat
49 Molly And Tenbrooks Bill Monroe
1 / 1 / 1 / 4 Run oh Molly run, run oh molly run 4 / 1 / 5 / 1 Tenbrooks gonna’ beat you to the bright and shinin’ sun 1 / 1 / 5 / 1 / 1 Bright and shinin’ sun oh lordy, bright and shinin’ sun
Tenbrooks was a big bay horse, rode that shaggy mane Run all round Memphis and he beat the Memphis train Beat the Memphis train oh Lord, beat the Memphis train
Tenbrooks said to Molly what makes your head so red Runnin’ in the hot sun with fever in your head Fever in your head oh Lord, fever in you head
Molly said to Tenbrooks you’re lookin’ mighty squir’l Tenbrooks said to molly I’m leavin’ this old world Leavin’ this old world oh Lord, leavin’ this old world
Women’s all a-laughin’, children all a-cryin’ Men all a-hollerin’, old Tenbrooks is a-flyin’ Old Tenbrooks is a-flyin’ Lord, Tenbrooks is a-flyin’
Out in California molly done as she pleased Back to old Kentucky, got beat will all ease Beat will all ease oh Lord, beat with all ease
Go and catch old Tenbrooks and hitch him in the shade We’re gonna bury old Molly in a coffin ready-made Coffin ready-made oh Lord, coffin’ ready-made
50 Mountain Dew
1 / 1 / 1 / 1 Down the road there from me is an old hollow tree 4 / 4 / 1 / 1 Where you lay down a dollar or two 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 You go round the bend and you come back again 1 / 5 / 1 / 1 There’s a jug of that good old mountain dew
Oh they call it that good old mountain dew And them that refuse it are few Now hush up your mug and I’ll fill up your jug With that good old mountain dew
The preacher rode by with his head hoisted high Said his wife had come down with the flu He thought that I ought to sell him a quart Of that good old mountain dew
Well my Uncle Mort he is sawed-off and short He measures about four-foot-two But he feels like a giant when you give him a pint Of that good old mountain dew
51 My Home’s Across The Blueridge Mountains
1 / 1 / 1 / 1 My home’s across the blueridge mountains 5 / 5 / 1 / 1 My home’s across the blueridge mountains 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 My home’s across the blueridge mountains 5 / 5 / 1 / 1 And I never expect to see you anymore
How can I keep from cryin’ (x3) For I never expect to see you anymore
I’m gonna leave here Monday morning (x3) Oh, I never expect to see you anymore
Goodbye my little Nashville darlin’ (x3) Oh, I never expect to see you anymore
52 My Rose Of Old Kentucky
Verse She lived near me in a little village 1 / 1 / 4 / 4 In a cabin on a hill 1 / 1 / 5 / 5 We made our vows we’d love each other 1 / 1 / 4 / 4 And I know we always will 1 / 5 / 1 / 1 She’s my rose of old Kentucky Chorus I watched her bloom as the years roll by And to me there’ll no other 4 / 4 / 1 / 1 I’ll love her till the day I die 1 / 1 / 5 / 5 1 / 1 / 4 / 4 Oh in dreams I see my darling 1 / 5 / 1 / 1 In a gingham dress she looks so sweet Oh how I long for old Kentucky And my darling once more to keep
Oh I know you often wonder So I’ll tell you the reason why She’s my rose of old Kentucky And I know she’ll never lie
53 My Walkin’ Shoes Don’t Fit Me
1 / 1 / 1 / 1 My walkin’ shoes don’t fit me anymore 1 / 1 / 5 / 5 My walkin’ shoes don’t fit me anymore 1 / 1 / 4 / 4 Stay on your side of town, honey I won’t be around 1 / 5 / 1 / 1 My walkin’ shoes don’t fit me anymore
It’s a long way from here to over yonder My feet, they’re gettin mighty sore I ain’t comin’ back, you made your mind to wander My walkin’ shoes don’t fit me anymore
I’ll be a long time gone from you my baby You’ll never hear me knock upon your door I thought I loved you once but i was crazy My walkin’ shoes don’t fit me anymore
54 New River Train
1 / 1 / 1 / 1 I’m riding on that New River train 1 / 1 / 5 / 5 Riding on that New River train 1 / 1 / 4 / 4 Same old train that brought me here 1 / 5 / 1 / 1 Gonna take me away again
Darling, you can’t love one Darling, you can’t love one You can’t love one and have any fun Darling, you can’t love one
Darling, you can’t love two... You can’t love two and still be true...
Darling, you can’t love three... You can’t love three and still love me...
Darling, you can’t love four... You can’t love four and love any more...
Darling, you can’t love five... You can’t love five and get honey from my hive...
Darling, you can’t love six... You can’t love six for that kind of love don’t mix...
55 Nine-Pound Hammer Merle Travis
1 / 1 / 4 / 4 This nine-pound hammer is just a little too heavy 1 / 5 / 1 / 1 Buddy, for my size, buddy, for my size
Roll on buddy, don’t you roll so slow How can I roll when the wheels won’t go
Ain’t nobody’s hammer in this mountain That rings like mine, that rings like mine
I went upon the mountain just to see my honey And I ain’t lookin’ back, Lord, I ain’t lookin’ back
It’s a long way to Harlan, it’s a long way to Hazard Just to get a little booze, just to get a little booze
56 Ninety-Nine Years
1 / 1 / 5 / 5 I’ve been in prison twenty years or more 5 / 5 / 1 / 1 Shot my woman with a forty-four 1 / 1 / 4 / 4 I’ll be here until my dyin’ day 1 / 5 / 1 / 1 I’ve got ninety-nine years and one dark day
Food is bad and the beds are hard I spend all day breakin’ rocks in the yard Where there ain’t no change, gonna stay that way I’ve got ninety-nine years and one dark day
Ain’t no singer that can sing a song To convince this warden that i ain’t wrong His mind’s made up, it’s gonna stay that way I’ve got ninety-nine years and one dark day
Never learned to read, never learned to write My whole life has been one big fight I never heard about the righteous way I’ve got ninety-nine years and one dark day
57 Old and In the Way
Verse Old and in the way 5 / 5 / 1 / 1 That’s what I heard him say 4 / 1 / 5 / 5 They used to heed the words he said 4 / 4 / 6 / 6 But that was yesterday 4 / 2 / 4 / 1 / 1 Coal will turn to gray And youth will fade away They’ll never care about you Chorus Cause you’re old and in the way 4 / 5 / 1 / 4 4 / 2 / 4 / 1 / 1 When just a boy he left his home 4 / 5 / 1 / 4 Thought he’d have the world on a string 4 / 2 / 4 / 1 / 1 Now the years have come and gone Through the streets he walks alone LIke the old dog gone astray He’s just old and in the way Starts on Chorus As I hear tell he was happy He had his share of friends and were kind Now those freinds have all passed on He don’t have a place called home Looking back to a better day When you’re old and in the way
They’ll never care about you Cause you’re old in the way
58 Old Train Herb Pederson
Verse Old train I can hear your whistle blow 1 / b7 / 4 / 5 And I won’t be jumpin’ on again 4 / 5 / 1 / 5 Old train I’ve been everywhere you go 1 / b7 / 4 / 5 And I know what lies beyond each bend 4 / 5 / 1 / 1 Old train each time you pass you’re older than the last Chorus And it seems that I’m too old for runnin’ I hear your rusty wheels, they grate against the rails 4 / 5 / 4 / 1 They cry with every mile 5 / 2 / 5 / 5 I think I’ll stay awhile 4 / 5 / 4 / 1 1 / 5 / 5 / 5 Old train I grow weary at the miles 4 / 4 / 4 / 4 And I miss the freedom that was mine Old train just to think about those times I’ll smile when you’re high-ballin’ by
59 Paradise John Prine
(3/4)
1 / 1 / 4 / 1 Daddy won’t you take me back to Muhlenberg County 1 / 1 / 5 / 1 Down by the Green River where paradise lay 1 / 1 / 4 / 1 Well, I’m sorry my son but you’re too late in asking 1 / 1 / 5 / 1 / 1 Mister Peabody’s coal train has hauled it away
When I was a boy my family would travel Down to western Kentucky where my parents were born There’s a backwards old town that’s often remembered So many times that my memories are worn
Well, sometimes we’d travel right down the Green River To the abandoned old prison down by Adrie Hill Where the air smelled like snakes and we’d shoot with our pistols But empty pop bottles was all we would kill
Then the coal company came with the world’s largest shovel They tortured the timber and stripped all the land Well, they dug for their coal till the land was forsaken Then they wrote it all down as the progress of man
When I die let my ashes float down the Green River Let my soul roll on up to the Rochester Dam I’ll be halfway to heaven with paradise waiting Just five miles away from wherever I am
60 Pig in a Pen Bill Monroe
1 / 1 / 1 / 4 I got a pig at home in a pen 1 / 1 / 5 / 1 Corn to feed him on All I need’s a pretty little girl To feed I’m when I’m gone
Going up on a mountain To sow a little cane Put that old gray bonnet on Sweet little Liza Jane
Going up on a mountain To sow a little cane Raise a barrel of sorghum Sweet little Liza Jane
Black smoke arising Sure sign of rain Put that old gray bonnet On little Liza Jane
Bake them biscuits baby Bake em good and brown When you get them biscuits baked We’re Alabama bound
61 Railroad Line
Verse The clickety sound of the southbound freight 1 / 1-4 / 1 / 1 And the high speed hum of the passenger train 1 / 1 / 5 / 5 Becomes a part of the soul and a heart and the mind 1 / 1 / 6m / 6m Of a boy who’s raised by the railroad line 3m / 5 / 1 / 1 The sound of a whistle at the crossin’ road Chorus And the tanks and the trucks and the tractors on the flat car load Becomes a part of the soul and a heart and the mind 4 / 2m / 5 / 1 Of a boy who’s raised by the railroad line 4 / 2m / 5 / 5 And the big round penny that you lay on the rails and the wheels mash flat And a glimpse of the ladies and the pictures of the men in the engineer’s hat
And the brakeman waves from the red caboose It’s a part of the past, never quite turns loose It’s a part of a soul and the heart and the mind Of a boy who’s raised by the railroad line
62 Rocky Road Blues
1 / 1 / 1 / 1 Well, the road is rocky but it won’t be rocky long 4 / 4 / 1 / 1 The road is rocky but it won’t be rocky long 5 / 5 / 5 / 1 / 1 Another man done took my woman and gone
Well I got these blues and I’m wearin’ out the soles in my shoes I got these blues and I’m wearin’ out the soles in my shoes I ain’t got no way to relieve these low-down blues
Well, I wish to the lord they’d bring my woman back home I wish to the Lord they’d bring my woman back home I don’t mind bein’ lonesome just don’t want to be alone
Well, you never miss your water till the well runs dry You never miss your water till the well runs dry You never miss your woman until she says good-bye
63 Rocky Top
Verse Wish that I was on old Rocky Top 1 / 1 / 4 / 1 Down in the Tennessee hills 6m / 5 / 1 / 1 Ain’t no smoggy smoke on Rocky Top 1 / 1 / 4 / 1 Ain’t no telephone bills 6m / 5 / 1 / 1 Once I had a girl on Rocky Top Chorus Half bear other half cat Wild as a mink but sweet as soda pop 6m / 6m / 5 / 5 I still dream about that b7 / b7 / 4 / 4 4 / 4 / 1 / 1 Rocky Top you’ll always be 1 / b7 / 1 / 1 Home sweet home to me 1 / b7 / 1 / 1 Good old Rocky Top, Rocky Top Tennessee Rocky Top, Tennessee
Once two strangers climbed old rocky top Lookin’ for a moonshine still Strangers ain’t come down from rocky top Reckon they never will
Corn won’t grown at all on rocky top Dirt’s too rocky by far That’s why all the folks on Rocky Top Get their corn from a jar
I’ve had years of cramped up city life Trapped like a duck in a pen All I know is it’s a pity life Can’t be simple again
64 Roll In My Sweet Baby’s Arms
1 / 1 / 1 / 1 Roll in my sweet baby’s arms 1 / 1 / 5 / 5 Roll in my sweet baby’s arms 1 / 1 / 4 / 4 Gonna lay round the shack till the mail train comes back 5 / 5 / 1 / 1 And roll in my sweet baby’s arms
I ain’t gonna work on the railroad I ain’t gonna work on the farm Gonna lay round the shack till the mail train comes back And roll in my sweet baby’s arms
Now where were you last Friday night While i was lying in jail Walkin’ the street with another man Wouldn’t even go my bail
I know your parents don’t like me They drove me away from your door If I had my life to live over again I’d never go there anymore
65 Salty Dog
1 / 67 / 27 / 27 Standing in the corner with the low-down blues 57 / 57 / 1 / 1 Great big hole in the bottom of my shoes Honey let me be your salty dog
Let me be your salty dog Or I won’t by your man at all Honey let me be your salty dog
Listen here Sal I know you Run down stocking and a worn out shoe Honey let me be your salty dog
Down in the wildwood sitting on a log Finger on the trigger and my eye on a hog Honey let me be your salty dog
I pulled the trigger and the gun said go The shot fell over in Mexico Honey let me be your salty dog
66 Sittin’ On Top Of The World
Verse It was in the spring one sunny day 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 My good gal left me, lord, she went away 4 / 4 / 1 / 1 And now she’s gone and I don’t worry Chorus ‘Cause I’m sittin’ on top of the world 1 / 1 / 1 / 6m She called me up from down in El Paso 1 / 5 / 1 / 1 Said, “come back daddy, lord I need you so”
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust Show me a woman that a man can trust
Mississippi River, long, deep and wide The woman I’m lovin’ is on the other side
You don’t like my peaches, don’t you shake my tree Get out of my orchard, let my peaches be
Don’t you come here runnin’, pokin’ out your hand I’ll get me a woman like you got your man
67 Some Old Day Herb Pederson
Verse I’ve been working out in the rain tied to this dirty old ball and chain 1 / 1 / 4 / 1 Oh dear mother I’ll come home some old day 1 / 27 / 5 / 5 Some sweet day they’ll turn me loose from this dirty old calaboose 1 / 1 / 4 / 1 Oh dear mother I’ll come home some old day 1 / 27-5 / 1 / 1 Some old day . . . You’ll wait for me and pray Chorus Oh dear mother I’ll be home some old day Some sweet day they’ll turn me loose from this dirty old calaboose 4 / 4 / 4 / 1 / 1 Oh dear mother I’ll come home some old day 1 / 27 / 5 / 5 1 / 1 / 4 / 1 Oh mother I’ve hurt you so and I’ve been cruel to you I know 7-5 1 / 2 / 1 / 1 Oh dear mother I’ll come home some old day Tell my brothers and sister that they’re the best friends that I’ve had Oh dear mother I’ll come home some old day
68 Sunny Side of the Mountain
1 / 1 / 1 / 1 Don’t forget me little darling while I’m growing old and gray 1 / 4 / 4 / 5 Just a little thought before I’m going far away 5 / 5 / 1 / 1 I’ll be waiting on the hillside where the wild red roses grow On the sunny side of the mountain where the rippling waters flow
Don’t forget about those days we courted many years ago Don’t forget those promises you made me and so Its been so long dear since I’ve seen you but my love still lingers on Don’t forget me little darling though our love is past and gone
Tell me in your letter do you ever think of me Please answer little darling tell me where you can be I’ll be waiting on the hillside on the day that you will call On the sunny side of the mountain where the rippling waters fall
69 A Steel Rails
1 / 1 / 2m / 2m Steel rails, chasing sunshine round the bend 4 / 5 / 4 / 1 Winding through trees, like a ribbon in the wind I don’t mind, not knowing what lies down the track Cause I’m looking out ahead, to keep my mind from turning back
It’s not the first time, I found myself alone at dawn If I really had you once, then I’d have you, when I’m gone Whistle blowing, blowing lonesome, in my mind Calling me along, that never ending, metal line
Sun is shinning, through the open box car door Lying in, my mind, with the things I’ve known before I’ve lost count of the hours, days, and times Just the rhythm of the rails, keeps the motion in my mind
cause I’m looking out ahead… To keep my mind from turning back
70 Swing Low Sweet Chariot Traditional
1 / 1 / 4 / 1 Swing low, sweet chariot 1 / 1 / 5 / 5 Coming for to carry me home 1 / 1 / 4 / 1 Swing low, sweet chariot 1 / 5 / 1 / 1 Coming for to carry me home
I looked over Jordan and what did I see Coming for to carry me home A band of angels coming after me Coming for to carry me home
If you get to heaven before I do Coming for to carry me home Tell all my friends I’ll be coming there too Coming for to carry me home
I’m sometimes up and sometimes down Comin’ for to carry me home But still I know I’m heavenly (freedom) bound Comin’ for to carry me home
If I get there before you do Comin’ for to carry me home I’ll cut a hole and pull you through Comin’ for to carry me home
71 That High Lonesome Sound Peter Rowan
Verse Well get you father, get your mother 1 / 1 / 1 / 5 Get your sister get your brother 5 / 5 / 5 / 1 Aunt Lucy, gonna show Uncle John 1 / 1 / 1 / 5 How to do the boogie woogie 5 / 5 / 5 / 1 While the kissing cousin chasing chicken Out on the old back lawn
Chorus Y’all come with one another 4 / 4 / 1 / 1 Just to go a little further 4 / 4 / 5 / 5 If the schoolbus don’t break down 4 / 4 / 1 / 1 Campfires burning 1 / 5 / 1 / 1 In the night my heart is yearningFor the sight of the old campground
And that high lonesome sound When that evening sun goes down I’ll be crawling on the ground When I hear a fiddle play that high lonesome sound
Well bring along your lawn chair For sittin’ in the fresh air And the cooler for the beer and watch the show There’s clog dancing, horses prancing Syncopated music playing Girls are lookin pretty, don’t you know
Ah, look at old man pappy He’s feelin’ kind of snappy Seem like he just don’t care That he’s over ninety three He’s as spry as you and me Dancing to the music in the air
72 The Man in the Middle taken from: Hot Rize author: Tom “Harley” Campbell
Verse Three men on the mountain 1 / 1 / 1 / b7 Up on Calvary b7 / b7 / b7 / 1 And the Man in the middle was Jesus 1 / 1 / 1 / 4 He died for you and me. 4 / 1 / 1 / 5 Well the man on the left was a sinnin man 5 / 1 / 1 / 1 Tied to the cross, he bled He could have been forgiven Chorus But he mocked the Lord instead 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 You say you are the Son of God 4 / 4 / 1 / 1 They nailed you to that tree 5 / 5 / 1 / 1 Come down, come down and save us If God your Father be
Well the man on the right was a sinner too Starts on Chorus But he was sorry for his sins He asked the Lord’s forgiveness And Jesus said to him
Fear not, fear not this earthly death Before this day is o’er You’ll be with me in Paradise On Heaven’s golden shore
73 The Road Is Rough Bill Monroe
1 / 1 / 1 / 1 To me she was my little angel 4 / 4 / 1 / 1 Sent down to me from God above 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 When on that day when I first met her 1 / 5 / 1 / 1 And I told her of my love
It’s mighty dark for me to travel For my sweetheart she is gone The road is rough and filled gravel But I must journey on and on
Travelin’ down the lonesome highway Thinkin’ of my love that’s gone Knowin’ soon we’ll be together She’s the only love I’ve known
Many nights we strolled together Talkin’ of our love so fair My love for her will never vanish For I know I’ll meet her there
74 There Ain’t Nobody Gonna Miss Me
1 / 1 / 4 / 4 There ain’t nobody gonna miss me when I’m gone 1 / 1 / 5 / 5 There ain’t nobody gonna mourn for me too long 1 / 1 / 4 / 4 Won’t you write these words upon my headstone 1 / 5 / 1 / 1 There ain’t nobody gonna miss me when I’m gone
Once I had a little girl that I loved dearly We planned the day that she would be my own Some other man has stole my darlin’ from me Now there ain’t nobody gonna miss me when I’m gone
Once I had a lovely mother dear and daddy But now they’re in the land where angels dwell They found eternal rest way up in heaven Where I find my reward no one can tell
You’ve been patient, kind, and true to me old rover You’re the only one that’s never done me wrong Come closer while I pet your head all over There ain’t nobody gonna miss me when I’m gone
75 Think Of What You’ve Done
Verse Heart to heart, dear how I need you 1 / 1-4 / 1 / 1 Like the flowers need the dew 5 / 5 / 1 / 1 Loving you has been my life, love 4 / 4 / 1 / 1 Can’t believe we’re really through 5 / 5 / 1 / 1 Is it true that I’ve lost you Chorus Am I not the only one After all this pain and sorrow 4 / 4 / 1 / 1 Darling, think of what you’ve done 5 / 5 / 1 / 1 4 / 4 / 1 / 1 I’m goin’ back to old Virginia 5 / 5 / 1 / 1 Where the mountains meet the sky In those hills I learned to love you Let me stay there till I die
76 Those Memories
1 / 1-b7 / 1 / 1 Those memories of you still haunt me 1 / 1-b7 / 5 / 5 Every night when I lay down 47 / 47 / 1 / 1 I’ll always love you my little daring 4 / 5 / 1 / 1 Until the day they lay me down
In dreams of you my body trembles I wake up and call your name But you’re not there and I’m so lonesome Without your love I’d go insane
I close my eyes and you’re there with me Your kiss I feel, your face I see It’s not your lips now that drive me crazy It’s just your haunting memory
77 Till The End Of The World Goes Round Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs
Verse I tried to sail the sea of life, I rode my boat alone 1 / 1 / 1 / 4 Your love meant nothin’ to me dear, my heart was made of stone 5 / 5 / 5 / 1 Till the harbor filled with loneliness my little boat was moored 1 / 1 / 1 / 4 And on the day I first met you I fell right overboard 5 / 5 / 5 / 1 / 1 Till the end of the world goes round I’ll keep on loving you Chorus As long as the sun comes up and comes down and the big blue sky comes down to the ground 1 / 1 / 4 / 4 As long as the world goes round and round I’ll keep on 5 / 5 / 5 / 5 loving you 5 / 5 / 5 / 1 / 1 Whenever you’re around me dear my heart just won’t keep still And when it comes to kissin’ you I’ll never get my fill They said I’d never settle down, that I would always roam I could never be the kind for a lovin’ wife and home
So now I know the way I felt was only selfish pride I thought my heart was fireproof but you burned your way inside Now tell me what I’ve got to do and tell me how it stands The cards are on the table dear, my life is in your hands
78 Toy Heart Bill Monroe
1 / 5 / 1 / 1 Darlin’ you toyed with a toy heart 4 / 4 / 1 / 1 I think I played the game right from the start 4 / 4 / 1 / 1 This toy heart was broken when parting words were spoken 1 / 5 / 1 / 1 Darlin’ you toyed with a toy heart
You played with my poor heart like a toy That toy broke and then we had to part It never can be mended, I hope this romance ended Darlin’ you toyed with a toy heart
Now darlin’ my time will come someday Time alone will heart my broken heart The clouds will roll away and the sun will shine someday Darlin’ you toyed with a toy heart
Now darlin’ you know you done me wrong Your love for me has passed and gone I’ll find somebody new, I hope that they’ll be true Darlin’ you toyed with a toy heart
79 Trail Of Tears Peter Rowan
Verse In the great Smoky Mountains in North Carolina 6m / 5 / 4 / 1 That’s where I have rambled for many long years. 2m / 5 / 1 / 1 In the great smoky mountains in North Carolina 6m / 5 / 4 / 1 I’ve followed the trail of tears...ooo... 2 / 2 / 5 / 5 I’ve been thinkin’ of days gone by, I’ve been raisin’ my spirits high Chorus I’ve been winking at the years Memories of our mountain home, now I wander all alone 1 / 5 / 5 / 1 / 4 / 4 I’ve been blinking back the tears 1 / 1 / 2 / 5 / 5 1 / 5 / 5 / 1 / 4 / 4 1 / 5 / 3 / 3 Yellow tallow candle burning brightly in the window 4 / 5 / 1 / 1 Callin’ me back through the pain Hoof beats sound like thunder, battle cries steal the wonder Lightning illuminates the rain
Dusty bare feet standing on the road that leads to nowhere Starts on Chorus From our empty cabin door Red cloud said he saw you on the path to Oklahoma But no one remembers any more
80 Two-Dollar Bill
1 / 1 / 1 / 1 Cloudy in the east and it looks like rain 1 / 1 / 4 / 1 Looks like rain, lord, it looks like rain 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 Cloudy in the east and it looks like rain 1 / 5 / 1 / 1 I’m on my long journey home
Lost all my money but a two-dollar bill Two-dollar bill, lord, a two-dollar bill Lost all my money but a two-dollar bill I’m on my long journey home
Black smoke a-risin’ and it surely is a train Surely is a train, lord, it surely is a train Black smoke a-risin’ and it surely is a train I’m on my long journey home
I hear the train a-comin’ and I’ll soon be gone Soon be gone, lord, I’ll soon be gone I hear the train a-comin’ and I’ll soon be gone I’m on my long journey home
It’s dark and it’s rainin’ and I gotta go home I gotta go home lord, I gotta go home Dark and it’s rainin’ and I gotta go home I’m on my long journey home
Homesick and lonesome and I’m feelin’ mighty blue Feelin’ mighty blue lord, I’m feelin’ mighty blue Homesick and lonesome and I’m feelin’ mighty blue I’m on my long journey home
81 Uncle Pen Bill Monroe
Verse Oh, the people would come from far away 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 They’d dance all night till the break of day 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 When the caller hollered “Do-se-do” 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 I knew Uncle Pen was ready to go. 1 / 1 / 5 / 1 Late in the evenin’ about sundown High on the hill and above the town Chorus Uncle Pen played the fiddle, oh how it would ring 4 / 4 / 4 / 4 You can hear it talk, you can hear it sing. 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 He played an old piece he called “Soldier’s Joy” 1 / 1 / 5 / 1 And the one called “The Boston Boy” But the greatest of all was “Jenny Lynn” To me that’s where the fiddle begins.
I’ll never forget that mournful day When Uncle Pen was called away He hung up his fiddle, hung up his bow He knew it was time for him to go.
82 Walk Out In The Rain
1 / 4 / 1 / 1 Walk out if it doesn’t feel right 1 / 4 / 1 / 1 I can tell you’re only lyin’ 1 / 4 / 1 / 1 If you got somethin’ better tonight 1 / 4 / 1 / 1 Then don’t mess up my mind with your cryin’
1 / 1 / 5 / 5 Just walk out in the rain, walk out of my dreams 1 / 1 / 4 / 4 Walk out my life if it don’t feel right 1 / 1 / 5 / 5 You can catch the next train, oh darlin Walk out in the rain 1 / 47 / 1 / 47 I’ve come from so far away Just to put a ring on your finger If you said all that you got to say Then please don’t feel the need to linger
It’s rainin’ outside at the city And my poor feet have walked till they’re sore If you don’t want my love it’s a pity I guess I can’t see you no more
83 Walls of Time Bill Monroe & Peter Rowan
1 / 1 / 1 / 1 The wind is blowin’ ‘cross the mountains 1 / 1 / b4 / 7 And down on the valley way below 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 It sweeps the grave of my darlin’ b4 / 7 / 1 / 1 When I die that’s where I want to go
Lord send the angels for my darlin’ And take her to that home on high I’ll wait my time out here on earth love And come to you when I die
I hear a voice out in the darkness It moans and whispers through the pines I know it’s my sweetheart a callin’ I hear her through the walls of time
Our names are carved upon the tombstone I promised you before you died Our love will bloom forever darlin’ When we rest side
84 Wayfaring Stranger Bill Monroe
Verse I am a poor wayfaring’ stranger 1m / 1m / 1m / 1m While traveling through this world of woe 4m / 4m / 1m / 1m If there’s no sickness toil or danger 1m / 1m / 1m / 1m In that bright world to which I go 4m / 4m / 1m / 1m I’m going there to see my father Chorus I’m going there no more to roam I’m only going over Jordan 6 / 6 / 3 / 3 I’m only going over home 6 / 3 / 5 / 5 1m / 1m / 1m / 1m Although dark clouds will gather round me 4m / 4m / 1m / 1m I know my way is rough and steep Yet beauteous fields lie just before me Where god’s redeemed, their vigils keep
I’m going there to see my mother She said she’d meet me when I come I’m only going over Jordan I’m only going over home
I’ll soon be free from every trial This form will rest beneath the sod I’ll take the cross of Christ’s denial And enter in that home with god
85 We Live In Two Different Worlds Dear Fred Rose
1 / 1 / 4 / 4 We live in two different worlds dear 1 / 1 / 5 / 5 That’s why we’re so far apart 1 / 1 / 4 / 4 You made your world out of vows that are broken 1 / 5 / 1 / 1 I built a world in my heart
Everyone here tried to warn me You were just playing a game I told them all we were meant for each other I thought our worlds were the same
If you stay over in your world Oh how my poor heart will pine Darling someday when your memories wander Won’t you come over to mine
We live in two different worlds dear My world is honest and true Sweetheart remember when your world gets lonely I’ll still be waiting for you
86 White Dove Stanley Brothers
3/4 time (waltz)
1 / 1 / 4 / 4 In the deep rolling hills of old Virginia 1 / 1 / 5 / 5 There’s a place that I love so well 1 / 1 / 4 / 4 Where I spent many days of my childhood 1 / 5 / 1 / 1 In the cabin where we loved to dwell
White dove will mourn in sorrow The willows will hang their heads I’ll live my life in sorrow Since mother and daddy are dead
We were all so happy there together In our peaceful little mountain home But the Savior needs angels up in heaven Now they sing around the great white throne
As the years roll by I often wonder If we will all be together someday And each night as I wander through the grave yard Darkness finds me as I kneel to pray
87 White House Blues Traditional
1 / 1 / 1 / 1 Look here, you rascal, what you’ve done 4 / 4 / 4 / 1 Shot down my husband with your lver-Johnson gun 1 / 5 / 1 / 1 Carry me back, to Washington
He jumped on his horse he pulled on his mane Said come on horse hotta outrun this train Buffalo to Washington
The doctor came a-running he took off his specs Said Mr.Mckinley better cash in your checks You’ve bound to die you’re bound to die
There’s just one thing that troubles my mind And that is to die and leave my poor wife behind I’m bound to die I’m bound to die
Now hush up you children and don’t you fret You’ll draw a pension after your pappy’s dead I’ll be gonna a long long time
Yonder comes a train it’s coming down the line Blowing at every station Mr.Mckinley a-dying It’s hard times, it’s hard time
Well, Roosevelt’s in the White house, he’s doing his best Mckinley’s in the grave yard taking his rest He’s gone, he’s gone
88 Why You Been Gone So Long
1 / 1 / 4 / 1 Every time that it rains lord I go to my window 1 / 1 / 5 / 5 All I do is just ring my hands and moan 1 / 1 / 4 / 1 Listen to that thunder, lord, can’t you hear that lonesome wind blow 5 / 5 / 1 / 1 Tell me baby why you been gone so long
Tell me baby why you been gone so long, you been gone so long Tell me baby why you been gone so long Wolf scratchin’ at my door, can’t you hear that lonesome wind blow Tell me baby why you been gone so long
Somebody said they thought they saw you rolling down in Reno With a big old man from San Antone They tell me I’m a fool to pine for you but what do they know Tell me baby why you been gone so long
Ain’t nothin’ I want to do so guess I could go get stoned And let the past paint pictures in my head Kill of a fifth of thunderbird and try to write a sad song Tell me baby why you been gone so long
89 Wicked Path of Sin Stanley Brothers
Intro Chords: 1 / 5 / 1 / 1 In this awful world of sorrow On this wicked path of sin A Never thinking of tomorrow Or what I’d lose in the end 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 1 / 1 / 5 / 5 Oh I can hear (oh I can hear) the joy bells ringing 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 Where my friends (where my friends) and loved ones wait 1 / 5 / 1 / 1 Oh I can hear the angels singing (sweet singing) Just inside (just inside) those pearly gates B 4 / 4 / 1 / 1 I can hear my savior calling 1 / 1 / 5 / 5 Saying come unto me 4 / 4 / 1 / 1 Wash away your sins forever 1 / 5 / 1 / 1 And you shall rest eternally 1 / 5 / 1 / 1 Now I’m safe with my Jesus He will guide me on my way I will sing His praise forever We’ll meet in heaven some sweet day
90 Wild Bill Jones
1 / 1 / 1 / 1 As I went out for to take a little walk 1 / 5 / 1 / 1 I came upon that wild bill jones 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 He was a-walkin’ and a-talkin’ by my true love’s side 1 / 5 / 1 / 1 I bid him to leave her alone
He said my age is twenty-one years I’m too old to be controlled So I drew my revolver from my side Destroyed that poor boy’s soul
So let’s pass around that long-necked bottle And go out a-walkin’ on the street For today was the last for that wild bill jones Tomorrow will be the last of me
They sent me to prison for twenty long years This poor boy longed to be free For wild bill jones and that long-necked bottle Have barely rid of me
91 Will the Circle Be Unbroken Traditional
1 / 1 / 1 / 1 I was standing by the window 4 / 4 / 1 / 1 On a cold and cloudy day 1 / 1 / 1 / 6m When I saw the hearse come rolling 1 / 5 / 1 / 1 To carry my mother away
Will the circle be unbroken Bye and bye Lord bye and bye There’s a better home a waiting In the sky Lord in the sky
I said to the undertaker Undertaker please drive slow For that body you are carryin Lord I hate to see her go
Well I followed close behind her Tried to hold up and be brave But I could not hide my sorrow When they laid her in that grave
I went back home Lord that home was lonesome Since my mother, she was gone All my brothers and sisters crying What a home so sad and alone
92 Will You Be Lovin Another Man Bill Monroe
1 / 1 / 1 / 1 Now will you love me little darlin’ 1 / 1 / 5 / 5 When I’m in some other land? 1 / 1 / 4 / 4 And you know I can’t be with you 1 / 5 / 1 / 1 Or will you be loving another man?
Will you be loving another man Will you be loving another man When I return will you be waiting Or will you be loving another man
Now don’t be crying on my shoulder And telling me that love is grand And before I’m out of sight dear Then be loving another man
Now if I find this to be true dear I want you to please understand When I return don’t say you’re sorry Just keep on loving another man
93 Worried Man Blues Stanley Brothers
1 / 1 / 1 / 1 It takes a worried man to sing a worried song 4 / 4 / 4 / 1 It takes a worried man to sing a worried song 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 It takes a worried man to sing a worried song 5 / 5 / 1 / 1 I’m worried now but I won’t be worried long.
I went across the river and I laid down to sleep I went across the river and I laid down to sleep I went across the river and I laid down to sleep When I woke up, there were shackles on my feet.
Twenty one links of chain around my leg Twenty one links of chain around my leg Twenty one links of chain around my leg And on each link, the initials of my name.
I asked the judge what’s gonna be my fine I asked the judge what’s gonna be my fine I asked the judge what’s gonna be my fine Twenty one years on the Rocky Mountain Line.
If anyone should ask you who composed this song If anyone should ask you who composed this song If anyone should ask you who composed this song Say it was me and I sing it all day long.
94 You’re Love is Like a Flower Flatt and Scruggs
1 / 1 / 4 / 4 It was long, long ago in the moonlight 1 / 1 / 5 / 5 We were sitting on the banks of the stream 1 / 1 / 4 / 4 When you whispered so sweetly, I love you 1 / 5 / 1 / 1 As the waters murmered a tune
Oh they tell me your love is like a flower In the springtime blossoms so fair In the fall then they wither away dear And they tell me that’s the way of your love
I remember the night, little darling We were talking of days gone by When you told me you always would love me That for me your love would never die
It was spring when you whispered these words dear The flowers were all blooming so fair But today as the snow falls around us I can see that your love is not there
95 Nashville Numbering System Conversion Charts
Key of C Key of Gb / F# 1 = C 1m = Cm b1 = B 1 = Gb 1m = Gbm b1 = F 2 = D 2m = Dm b2 = C# 2 = Ab 2m = Abm b2 = G 3 = E 3m = Em b3 = D# 3 = Bb 3m = Bbm b3 = A 4 = F 4m = Fm b4 = E 4 = Cb 4m = Cbm b4 = Bb 5 = G 5m = Gm b5 = F# 5 = Db 5m = Dbm b5 = C 6 = A 6m = Am b6 = G# 6 = Eb 6m = Ebm b6 = D 7 = B 7m = Bm b7 = A# 7 = F 7m = Fm b7 = E Key of Db / C# Key of G 1 = Db 1m = Dbm b1 = C 1 = G 1m = Gm b1 = Gb 2 = Eb 2m = Ebm b2 = D 2 = A 2m = Am b2 = Ab 3 = F 3m = Fm b3 = E 3 = B 3m = Bm b3 = Bb 4 = Gb 4m = Gbm b4 = F 4 = C 4m = Cm b4 = Cb 5 = Ab 5m = Abm b5 = G 5 = D 5m = Dm b5 = Db 6 = Bb 6m = Bbm b6 = A 6 = E 6m = Em b6 = Eb 7 = C 7m = Cm b7 = B 7 = F# 7m = F#m b7 = F Key of D Key of Ab / G# 1 = D 1m = Dm b1 = Db 1 = Ab 1m = Abm b1 = G 2 = E 2m = Em b2 = Eb 2 = Bb 2m = Bbm b2 = A 3 = F# 3m = F#m b3 = F 3 = Cb 3m = Cbm b3 = B 4 = G 4m = Gm b4 = Gb 4 = Db 4m = Dbm b4 = C 5 = A 5m = Am b5 = Ab 5 = Eb 5m = Ebm b5 = D 6 = B 6m = Bm b6 = Bb 6 = F 6m = Fm b6 = E 7 = C# 7m = C#m b7 = C 7 = G 7m = Fm b7 = F# Key of Eb / D# Key of A 1 = Eb 1m = Ebm b1 = D 1 = A 1m = Am b1 = Ab 2 = F 2m = Fm b2 = E 2 = B 2m = Bm b2 = Bb 3 = G 3m = Gm b3 = F# 3 = C# 3m = C#m b3 = C 4 = Ab 4m = Abm b4 = G 4 = D 4m = Dm b4 = Db 5 = Bb 5m = Bbm b5 = A 5 = E 5m = Em b5 = Eb 6 = C 6m = Cm b6 = B 6 =F# 6m = F#m b6 = F 7 = D 7m = Dm b7 = C# 7 = G# 7m = G#m b7 = G Key of E Key of Bb / A# 1 = E 1m = Em b1 = Eb 1 = Bb 1m = Bbm b1 = A 2 = F# 2m = F#m b2 = F 2 = C 2m = Cm b2 = B 3 = G# 3m = G#m b3 = G 3 = D 3m = Dm b3 = C# 4 = A 4m = Am b4 = Ab 4 = Eb 4m = Ebm b4 = D 5 = B 5m = Bm b5 = Bb 5 = F 5m = Fm b5 = E 6 = C# 6m = C#m b6 = C 6 =G 6m = Gm b6 = F# 7 = D# 7m = D#m b7 = D 7 = Ab 7m = Abm b7 = G Key of F Key of B 1 = F 1m = Fm b1 = E 1 = B 1m = Bm b1 = Bb 2 = G 2m = Gm b2 = F# 2 = C# 2m = C#m b2 = C 3 = A 3m = Am b3 = G# 3 = D# 3m = D#m b3 = D 4 = Bb 4m = Bbm b4 = A 4 = E 4m = Em b4 = Eb 5 = C 5m = Cm b5 = B 5 = F# 5m = F#m b5 = F 6 = D 6m = Dm b6 = C# 6 =G# 6m = G#m b6 = G 7 = E 7m = Em b7 = D# 7 = A 7m = Am b7 = Ab 96